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. 2018 Feb;32(2):469-470.
doi: 10.1038/eye.2017.176. Epub 2017 Sep 1.

Unmet needs of cataract blind children in special schools in Southeast Nigeria

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Unmet needs of cataract blind children in special schools in Southeast Nigeria

A Aghaji et al. Eye (Lond). 2018 Feb.
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Categorization of children with lens-related blindness.

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